Joe Carr tells Lamar Alexander not to ‘sell out’

State Rep. Joe Carr told U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander not to sell out as negotiations play out in Washington over raising the nation’s debt ceiling and reopening the partially shuttered federal government.

“Senator Alexander is running as a ‘Conservative Problem Solver,’” Carr says. “Now it is time for him to solve the government shutdown with a conservative solution that stops the disastrous implementation of ObamaCare and seriously addresses our federal government’s spending problem. After Tennesseans have already endured two weeks of the government shutdown, now is no time to sell us out for a deal President Obama wanted on day one.”

“Before the deal is finalized and Senator Alexander casts his vote, the Joe Carr for Senate campaign wanted to remind Senator Alexander of his own ‘rules’ to live by when in public office,” the campaign said.

Still not quite a hit on the Tennessee senator, but given how the shutdown has been playing out for Republicans, it might be the hardest we should expect.